My first car was a white Fiat 126 and my dad bought it for me when I passed my test at 17yo. I did pay him back over the following year with my wages from a part time job I had. It was only a year old and a brilliant little car. I only had it for a year before I sold to upgrade (wish I hadn't bothered ). I sold it to a guy from Canterbury in Kent, and got £1250 for it which was £200 more than we paid for it. It's the only car I've had that I didn't lose money on.
I had a new Citroen c2 Vts. I felt like an absolute king in that thing. Had one of those tailgates that folded down which used to make the birds moist as well as tan heated leather seats for added wipe-ability. about 125bhp or so at the age of 17. 4 grand insurance. Manual and a handbrake. what more could you ask for. I grilled more birds than George Foreman in that French shit heap. It was in the dealership for mysterious warranty issues all the time. Which Ofcourse had no relation to the fact that I mercilessly thrashed it everywhere. I drove over a whole traffic island in it once coming back from the cinema with a mates ex bird (he consented) after watching avatar (worlds longest film to watch with a semi). Anyway it tipped it down with snow during the 4 hours or whatever that film was, and she got a bit fruity on the route back to mine through Aylesford (she’s only human), I couldn’t see a thing to be honest and it didn’t help that she had her laughing gear wound round my plonker. amazingly the super shitroen didn’t bend or break anything!! What a car! Despite fully mounting a traffic island and wiping out the plastic signage. That same bird came back to sample the tailgate a week or so later in paddock wood industrial estate.
My first car was a brown Austin Metro (B58 WAT) and it was shit but it was all i could afford. I think i was 17/18 and still at college studying Business Studies. I managed to pull my future wife in it unbelievably!!!!
When was this? Was i there or are you trying to tell me something?? Oh and the best girls love a great brown metro. You should have heard it growl!!!
A 1963, 850cc Mk1 Austin Mini followed a year later after terminal MoT failure by a 1961, 997cc Mk 1 Mini Cooper. A mate had a lowered 1071cc Cooper S, absolute bloody sacrilege Andy
Midnight blue (Purple, it was purple!) Marina TC Coupe. Surprisingly fast for a 10 year old first car back in 1983 but needed two paving slabs in the boot to keep the rear end on the road. It actually came to me with those in & I removed them straight away, lasted about an hour before I put them back in again
I guess if anything a metro adds to your accessibility ? It's certainly a statement, especially in brown
Triumph Spitfire MKIV. It was a shit box when I bought it, the doors didn't open and I had to climb in through the back unzipped window... It wouldn't stay in reverse for more than 10 seconds either. Funny how it had a years MOT really. After a rattle can respray on my mates drive and a new white triple racing stripe, it was the fastest and best panty dropper in London.
Hillman imp Californian that had been painted really nicely in Black. It ended up with a 998 engine, front radiator, lowered etc. I want another but don't have room at the moment. Nasher.
Austin Mini 1000 (VAD 452H)... written off by a guy on a Suzuki GT 250 (metal flake orange) who crested a hill (Stratton Heights Cirencester) and piled into the back of it while parked, on a residential road, under a streetlamp! It moved about 20 feet with the handbrake on! It was Xmas Eve, I was at my mates whose mum was switching on the tree lights on at the exact time of impact... (light switch, load bang...!!). The guy stove in the back of the car, dented the roofline seam with his head and walked away. My dad bollocked me when he picked me up... still have no idea why to this day. Miss that car...
a 1974 mini with the obligitory big bore engine. hand painted black and white with the freebird album cover painted on the roof with a naked sax player painted on the bonnet. nice wheels with a handbuilt exhaust including manifold by a mate that was serving his pipefitting apprentiship. looked good. from 100 paces.
1983, left school got a job and an S-reg Morris Marina 1.3 4-door with dark brown vinyl seats. In the next 18 months I learnt how to replace engine, gearbox, front shocks, rear axle, petrol tank and numerous other bits. Luckily, my Dad had spent some of his working life spannering on the shite that Austin and Morris produced. It used a bit of oil and that gradually increased as I thrashed it around the country lanes until the consumption got up to 120mpg of 30 grade oil (which was free, courtesy of the CEGB). At that point we got a replacement engine and gearbox from the breakers yard half a mile down the road. Swapping it over, outside in a hailstorm was character-building. Does anyone else remember having a newspaper under the carpet in the driver's side footwell to soak up the water splashing through the rust holes in the floorpan in wet weather? The Auto-Trader was best for that job, it was really thick.
Mine was a 1.1 Escort Mk2, inherited from my Grandma. Useful for a learner driver - not much power so you couldn't get into too much trouble, decent handling and great for your social life at 17. Lent it to a mate and he wrote it off for me The Talbot Horizon that replaced it was horrible. EDIT: The Escort, having a small engine, also taught you to hang on to gears and use the box properly.
My first car was a 1968 MK2 Mini Cooper, snowberry white with a black roof. Loved that car, eventually sold it to my brother in 1986, he still has it!! I have tried to buy it back off him, but he won’t sell, it’s now worth a small fortune.
My first car was a Triumph Herald 1250,..I paid £65 quid for it, ran it for two years and sold it for £50 quid... £7.50 per year running costs...fkin extortionate!!
1959 Ford Anglia 100E. Green. Side valve. 3 speed box. Vacuum windscreen wipers. Heap of shite. Just like this one....but with holes
@Jonnybiscuit I was unfortunate enough to have an identical 100E as my first car ,same colour too. Dreadful thing, although it was very reliable. Only good thing about the experience was that every car I owned afterwards was a huge improvement!
